# Accident 20160527007999A: Cessna 402B, Sioux Falls, SD, May 27, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 2016, 09:15 local time
- Place: Sioux Falls, SD
- Airport: Joe Foss Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.5828° N, 96.7428° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5828&lon=-96.7428&mi=10
- Aircraft: N76MD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N76MD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402B (registry code 207590P, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSI0-520-F-K (registry code 17031, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsi0-520-f-k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR GTSI0-520-F-K
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 3,997 total, 1,849 in this make and model, 54 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN16LA201](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16LA201) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160527007999A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON MAY 27, 2016,  THE COMPANY CHIEF PILOT WAS CONDUCTING INITIAL NEW HIRE FLIGHT TRAINING WITH A NEW HIRE PILOT IN A CESSNA 402B.  THEY WERE DOING PRACTICE INSTRUMENT APPROACHES IN VMC CONDITIONS.  WHILE GETTING VECTORED FOR A PRACTICE RNAV/GPS APPROACH TO RUNWAY 21, THEY NOTICED THE LEFT ENGINE RUNNING ROUGH.  THE CHIEF PILOT NOTED THE FUEL FLOW FOR THE LEFT ENGINE HAD DROPPED OFF AND INFORMED THE PILOT TO TURN ON THE AUXILIARY FUEL PUMP AND REQUEST A FULL STOP LANDING.  THE CREW THEN OBSERVED THE LEFT HAND TACHOMETER DROP TO ZERO.  THE PILOTS OBSERVED FLAMES VISIBLE THROUGH THE LOUVERS OF THE UPPER COWLING OF THE LEFT ENGINE. ATC WAS NOTIFIED AND AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED. THE ENGINE FIRE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST WAS FOLLOWED AND THE LEFT ENGINE WAS SECURED .  AS THE CREW MANEUVERED TO RUNWAY 15, THE FLAMES WENT OUT AND APPROXIMATELY 0926 LOCAL THE CREW MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING.  THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AT APPROXIMATELY 0926 LOCAL.

THE FAA AND NTSB WERE NOTIFIED OF THE EVENT AT APPROXIMATELY 10:45-11:00.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN16LA201](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16LA201), May 27, 2016: Cessna 402B (N76MD), Sioux Falls, SD, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the No. 4 cylinder head, which resulted in an engine fire and subsequent damage to the wing structure.

## Other reports on N76MD (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19960201002309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960201002309I), Feb 1, 1996: Cessna 402B (N76MD), Minneapolis, MN. Narrative: after departing msp enroute to FAR, climbing through 4000 AGL, pilot observed engine oil pressure dropping. Pilot secured the right engine and…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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